To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

Creative people are curious, flexible, and independent with a tremendous spirit and a love of play.

Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

The essential thing is to work in a state of mind that approaches prayer.

Color was not given to us in order that we should imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express our emotions.

Ever since there have been men, man has given himself over to too little joy. That alone, my brothers, is our original sin. I should believe only in a God who understood how to dance.

The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage.

I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.

Don't try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out.

The desire of most people on earth is to make money and money seems to be the greatest motivation in life for a lot of people.

I think Hamlet, as much as he loves his privacy and is kind of an introvert, he's a very functional introvert. When he has to be out, he can be out with people.

When I'm directing, I can look at something that I wrote and say, "This doesn't make sense." There's a lot more intuition and gut involved.

True success is ... the experience of the miraculous. It is the unfolding of the divinity within us.

Art is, from any point of view, the greatest of risks.

I did buy a new piece of furniture so it's like, "Oh, that's something new." But generally my goals are made in the fall.

I take little bits and pieces of ideas that I may or may not believe in but I give them to this character and he runs with them. I have fun with however he handles the situation.

Good intentions are useless until they are expressed in appropriate action!

It's fair to say that the Bible contains equal amounts of fact, history, and pizza.

I suppose the key to a good life is to gently overlook the truth and hope that at any moment we can all be reborn.